Outer retinal necrosis due to a strain of varicella-zoster virus resistant to acyclovir, ganciclovir, and sorivudine

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 864-865

  Wunderli, Werner ^a   Miner, Richard ^b   Wintsch, Joëlle ^b   Von Gunten, Sylviane ^b   Hirsch, Hans H ^b   Hirschel, Bernard ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; GANCICLOVIR; SORIVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KIRISAWA UVEITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 0030057989     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.5.864     Document Type: Article

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